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The burglar ran off after being confronted but the family is still shaken. Checkey Beckford reports. (Published Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016)

A man is breaking into homes in a New Jersey community and leaving behind valuables in at least one case to simply survey sleeping family members while walking from room to room, police and victims say.

One homeowner recounted his bizarre confrontation with the burglar in Belleville at around 4 a.m. last Wednesday.